Jeremy Samuel Piven was born July 26, 1965 in New York, New York, USA. He is an Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated American actor.

Classically trained at his parents theatre school in Evanston, IL, he formed a long lasting friendship with John Cusack, who trained with him. Both Piven and Cusack co-founded New Crime Productions, who were responsible for the successes of Grosse Pointe Blank and High Fidelity. When talking about his company, he was quoted as saying "unless an entire row of people got up in the middle of a performance and left the theater in disgust, I felt as though I hadn't done my job".

Piven used to be a member of the Second City National Touring Company. Making his screen debut on the Carol and Company variety show in 1990, he went on to star on The Larry Sanders Show, Seinfeld and then Disney's Pride & Joy. It was then that this talented actor starred as Ellen's cousin, Spence, in Ellen.

Those of us who have been lucky enough to know or work with Piven, speak very highly of him, classing him as a funny, loveable guy. Whilst he has been involved with a variety of movies, it is rare that he is cast as a romantic lead. However, his characters have such diversity from a hilarious gay Versace salesman in Rush Hour 2 to the courageous Cliff Wolcott in Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down and not forgetting his brilliant character in Cupid. Every role is perfected with style and enthusiasm.

Filmography

• Untitled Man vs. Nature Project (2009)
• RocknRolla (2008)
• The Kingdom (2007)
• "Entourage" (54 episodes, 2004-2007)
• Smokin' Aces (2006)
• Keeping Up with the Steins (2006)
• Cars (2006)
• Scooby Doo in Where's My Mummy? (2005)
• Two for the Money (2005)
• "Justice League" (3 episodes, 2004-2005)
• Chasing Liberty (2004)
• Scary Movie 3 (2003)
• Runaway Jury (2003)
• Old School (2003)
• "The Twilight Zone" (1 episode, 2002)
• "Rugrats" (1 episode, 2002)
• Me and Daphne (2002)
• Highway (2002)
• Black Hawk Down (2001)
• Serendipity (2001)
• Rush Hour 2 (2001)
• The Family Man (2000)
• "Will & Grace" (1 episode, 2000)
• "Buzz Lightyear of Star Command" (1 episode, 2000)
• The Crew (2000)
• Red Letters (2000)
• Partners (1999)
• "Cupid" (15 episodes, 1998-1999)
• Music from Another Room (1998)
• Very Bad Things (1998)
• Phoenix (1998)
• "The Larry Sanders Show" (14 episodes, 1992-1998)
• "Ellen" (31 episodes, 1995-1998)
• Don King: Only in America (1997)
• Kiss the Girls (1997)
• Livers Ain't Cheap (1997)
• "Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man" (1 episode, 1997)
• Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
• Just Write (1997)
• "Coach" (1 episode, 1997)
• "The Drew Carey Show" (1 episode, 1997)
• "Grace Under Fire" (1 episode, 1997)
• Larger Than Life (1996)
• Layin' Low (1996)
• E=mc2 (1996)
• Heat (1995)
• Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995)
• "Pride & Joy" (1995)
• Miami Rhapsody (1995)
• "Chicago Hope" (2 episodes, 1995)
• PCU (1994)
• Car 54, Where Are You? (1994)
• Twogether (1994)
• Floundering (1994)
• The Ticket (1994)
• Judgment Night (1993)
• 12:01 (1993)
• "Seinfeld" (1 episode, 1993)
• Twenty Bucks (1993)
• There Goes the Neighborhood (1992)
• Singles (1992)
• Bob Roberts (1992)
• Body Chemistry II: The Voice of a Stranger (1992)
• The Player (1992)
• White Palace (1990)
• The Grifters (1990)
• "Carol & Company" (1990)
• Say Anything... (1989)
• lvis Stories (1989)
• One Crazy Summer (1986)
• Lucas (1986)

Awards

Emmy Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series "Entourage" 2006